The Shell
- Studio
- Big Big Productions, Three Kids and a Dog LLC Animation Studio: Wainscott Studios
Synopsis
Bob and Winslow are surprised to find that the cool rock they discovered isn't a rock after all, but the shell home of a little fellow named Rocky. After learning that many animals, including Madge, find a home and protection in shells, Winslow decides he would benefit from having a shell of his own. Winslow experiments with living in a shell and Rocky visits the top of the tree, but they both learn there are reasons that marmosets live in trees and "Rockies" live in shells.
Characters
Snook, Smooch, Winslow, Wartz, Madge, Burdette, Bob the Anteater, Ick, Oko
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Mitchell Kriegman, Dean Gordon, Tyler Bunch
Producing
- Producer
- Mary James
- Executive Producers
- Mitchell Kriegman, Marianne Culbert
- Line Producers
- Becca Reed, Iwona Awlasewicz
Crew
- Creator
- Mitchell Kriegman
- Puppeteers
- Peter Linz, James Goodwin, Tim Legasse
Production notes
Shells- - Different creatures live in their own special places, and they have different means of protection.
The series uses Shadowmation, a technique combining puppetry, animatronics and computer-generated animation. The patented process utilizes real-time virtual sets and run raku-style team puppetry, integrating live-action animatronic characters and computer-generated animation in real-time, high-definition virtual environments.
Forty half-hour episodes are planned. Each episode contains two 15-minute segments.
On July 14, 2005, the Writers Guild of America, East went on strike against Big Big Productions, the producer of this series, for refusing to honor WGA minimum pay and standards. Writers picketed the company's Wainscott Studios on Long Island.
Despite having a budget of over $10 million dollars, the Guild alleged, producer Mitchell Kriegman wanted to cut writers' script rates by two-thirds of the WGA minimum payment for this type of show and insisted on virtually eliminating residual payments for six years.
The series uses Shadowmation, a technique combining puppetry, animatronics and computer-generated animation. The patented process utilizes real-time virtual sets and run raku-style team puppetry, integrating live-action animatronic characters and computer-generated animation in real-time, high-definition virtual environments.
Forty half-hour episodes are planned. Each episode contains two 15-minute segments.
On July 14, 2005, the Writers Guild of America, East went on strike against Big Big Productions, the producer of this series, for refusing to honor WGA minimum pay and standards. Writers picketed the company's Wainscott Studios on Long Island.
Despite having a budget of over $10 million dollars, the Guild alleged, producer Mitchell Kriegman wanted to cut writers' script rates by two-thirds of the WGA minimum payment for this type of show and insisted on virtually eliminating residual payments for six years.